If we really want to know a crystal, we should aim to understand it on all levels, including the chemical and physical. Please don’t take my word as gospel and, most importantly, Do Your Own Research.

So a chemical change could have profound impacts on the crystal’s properties. If “as above, so below” guides you as a practitioner, things which happen on a physical level would also apply on a metaphysical level. I am not sure about my explanation above for how this crystal energy stuff works, but It can give you and others some places to begin research about how crystals may work. The crystal wouldn’t feel the same on all levels.Ī crystal cracking in the sun like apophyllite is due to evaporation of water, and something like celestite cracking would be the corruption of the molecule strontium sulfate, and strontium provides its color. Hey something important – I don’t know if the “energy” we feel is from the consistent and timed release of phonons (I’m not a physicist, but I know all solids release phonons because of the molecular structure), or vibration particles essentially, but if it is, brittleness and color change typically display a chemical change… which I’m relatively sure would disrupt the phonon release pattern and therefore change the metaphysical properties. Turquoise - Color can fade in the sun and be careful with time in water. A yellow topaz will turn brown and a deeper color topaz will turn maroon. Topaz - The color will fade when kept in sun for more than 8 hours. Smoky Quartz - Loses its color to become grey or brown Spirit Quartz - Will fade in color and clusters could ignite if in the sun too long. Sapphire - Will lose whatever color sapphire it is. Rose Quartz - Will fade in color in the sun. Prasiolite - This is a green amethyst, and the color will fade. Kunzite - Will fade to white if kept in the sun too long. Can get brittle and crack or break.įluorite - No more than 15 minutes in the sun. Made up of amethyst and citrine.Īpatite - The color will fade in the sun.Īpophyllite - Can become brittle in the sun and color can fade.Īquamarine - Direct sunlight will fade the blue to white if kept too long.Īuralite 23 - Primarily composed of amethyst, so it can fade.Īventurine - A member of the quartz family and can fade in color.īeryl - Can fade and get brittle in the sun.Ĭalcite - Can fade and get brittle in the sun.Ĭelestite - The blue will turn to white in the sun and get brittle and possibly break.Ĭhrysoprase - A member of the quartz family, it’s a green chalcedony, and it can fade or get brittle and crack.Ĭitrine - Since it’s a form of quartz, it will fade to a clear color within 4 hours in the sunĬlear Quartz - Can only withstand about 2 hours in the sun. Color will fade in the sun since the color comes from the iron in it.Īmetrine - The color will fade when in sun too long. Made up of amethyst and prasiolite (green amethyst)Īmethyst - A member of the quartz family. Or better yet, charge them under the full moon, even if it’s cloudy.Īmegreen - The color will fade when in sun too long.

Here are some of the stones that should be kept for only a short time in the sun with partial shade, if at all, for a quick five-minute charge.

Raw amethyst healing properties